100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1750
 
Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Dale A. Righter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



  
210 ILCS 135/6 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1706

 Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Human Services shall continue to have jurisdiction over a community mental health or developmental services agency and the individuals it served at the time the agency's license was revoked for as long as is necessary to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the individuals the agency served and the accountability of the agency.



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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements 
5Licensure and
Certification Act is amended by changing Section 
66 as follows:




7 (210 ILCS 135/6) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1706)


8 Sec. 6. (a) The Department shall deny an application for a 
9license,
or revoke or refuse to renew the license of a 
10community mental health or
developmental services agency, or 
11refuse to issue a license to the holder
of a temporary permit, 
12if the Department determines that the applicant,
agency or 
13permit holder has not complied with a provision of this Act, 
14the
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, or 
15applicable Department
rules and regulations. Specific grounds 
16for denial or revocation of a
license, or refusal to renew a 
17license or to
issue a license to the holder of a temporary 
18permit, shall include but not be limited to:

19  (1) Submission of false information either on 
20 Department licensure forms
or during an inspection;

21  (2) Refusal to allow an inspection to occur;

22  (3) Violation of this Act or rules and regulations 
23 promulgated under this Act;

 
 
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1  (4) Violation of the rights of a recipient;

2  (5) Failure to submit or implement a plan of correction 
3 within the
specified time period; or
4  (6) Failure to submit a workplace violence prevention 
5 plan in compliance with the Health Care Workplace Violence 
6 Prevention Act.

7 (b) If the Department determines that the operation of a 
8community mental health
or developmental services agency or one 
9or more of the programs or
placements certified by the agency 
10under this Act jeopardizes the health,
safety or welfare of the 
11recipients served by the agency, the Department
may immediately 
12revoke the agency's license and may direct the agency to

13withdraw recipients from any such program or placement.

14 (c) The Office of Inspector General of the Department of 
15Human Services shall continue to have jurisdiction over the 
16agency and the individuals it served at the time the agency's 
17license was revoked for as long as is necessary to ensure the 
18health, safety, and welfare of the individuals the agency 
19served and the accountability of the agency. 
20(Source: P.A. 94-347, eff. 7-28-05.)